Button



G. A. SCHWAB.

BUTTON.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 19. 1920.

1,355,623. Patented Oct. 12,1920.

avwmtoz PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE A; SCHWAB, or WASHINGTON, ms'rnrcr or COLUMBIA.

' BUTTON.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 12, 1920.

Application filed April '19, 1920. S erial No. 374,961.

To all whom it may concern I Be it known'that I, GEORGE A. SOHWAB, acitizen of the United States, residing at the city of Washington, in theDistrict of Columbia, have invented new and useful Improvements inButtons, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to buttons, and it comprises a body portion, aspaced plate secured to the body portion, said plate having an aperturetherein, and securing means consisting of a resilient strip of metaladapted to be received in said aperture, said resilient strip beingremovable and being provided with thread receiving openings forattaching the button to a garment, or other article, all as more fullyhereinafter set forth and as claimed.

Buttons are generally secured to garments by sewing. hen cloth coveredbuttons are used for ladies garments, the threads are sewed directly tothe cloth, at the back of the button. If thread is used sufficientlystrong to hold the button, the cloth, which is generally of delicatetexture to match the garments wears out, and the button comes off.Frequently it is lost, and generally it is unfit for further use becausethere is nothing to attach the threads to.

In this invention, I have produced a con struction wherein the threadsare secured to a member of resilient metal. The body portion of thebutton is separable or re movable from this resilient member, and may besecured thereto after the member has been sewed to the garment. Thispermits the use of different sets of buttons with a single garment, andpermits interchange of buttons without the necessity of sewing them tothe garment each time. A lost button may be replaced by inserting theresilient member sewed to the garment, in the button.

In upholstery, buttons are sewed to the articles of furniture. Inapplying them it is difiicult to sew the buttons on a finished articleas the back of the button, where the threads are to be secured, isinaccessible. By the use of the present construction, the resilientmembers may be easily sewed to the article being upholstered, and thebuttons readily applied.

In the drawings I have shown an advantageous embodiment of thisinvention. In this showing,

Figure 1 button; p M

Fig. 2 is a section in the plane 2- 2, Fig. 1; and

Fig. 3 is a detail view of the resilient member.

Referring to the drawings, the reference numeral 1 designates a strip ofrigid material forming the back of the button. A shell 2 is secured tothis strip, and the entire body portion may be provided with a coverinof cloth or other suitable material 3. 5 plate of suitable material 4 issecured to the back of the button, and is slightly spaced from thestrip 1. This plate is provided with a central aperture 5.

The means for securing the button to a garment or other article,consists of a resilient member 6. This resilient member comprises acentral portion 7, and offset ends 8. The ends 8 are adapted to enterthe aperture 5, and are positioned between the strip 1 and the spacedplate 4. The offset arrangement of the ends disposes the central portion7 a slight distance from the back of the button, which is advantageousin placing the button on the securing strip. The resilient member isbest sewed to the article to which the button is to be attached, and itmay be provided with thread openings 9 for the reception of the thread.

The construction and operation of this button will be readily apparent.The resilient member is first sewed to the garment or other article, andthen compressed to the dotted line position as shown in Fig. 2, of thedrawings. The button is then placed over it, with the ends 8 of theresilient memher in the aperture 5, and the resilient member released.The ends 8, then enter the space between the spacing plate 4 and thebody portion of the button, securing the button to the article.

One of the disadvantages of using buttons sewed to garments, is that thebutton frequently becomes caught in doors, when the wearer of thegarment is passing through and results in tearing the fabric. Where thepresent construction is employed the resilient member will ive beforethe fabric can tear, and permit t e button to fall off.

is a plan View of the back of the therein, and a resilient memberadapted to be sewed to the article to which the button is attached, theends of said resilient memberbeing..1ada-ptedlto enter saidaperture inthe spaced strip and bereceived between said strip and the body portionof the button.

2. A button: comprising a body portion,

av spaced plate secured to the,back of ,thebody. rportion,-=said. platehaving an aperture therein, a resilient member, having. a centralportion and ofisetends, the offset ends being.

' adapted to bereceived in said aperture when the resilient membeniscompressed, and to enter the space between the body portion and thespaced plate to secure said resilient member to the button.

3. A button comprising a body portion, a spaced plate secured to theback of the body portion, said plate havinganaperture there in, aresilient member, having a central portion and offset ends, the offsetends being adapted to be received in said aperture when the resilientmember is compressed, and to enter the space between the body portionand the spacedplate to secure said resilient member to thebutton, saidresilient member being v provided with apertures to allow 7 threads to vpas s i therethrougha to attach resilient member to a garment V "Intestimony whereofl'I aflix' my signature.

GEORGE A. SGHWAB;

